Those initiatives include support services for chronic conditions, healthy lifestyle education programs and mobile vans and clinics that deliver primary and preventive care. The community benefit figure also takes into account $222.5 million in uncompensated care and $868.3 million in losses from Medicare and Medicaid underpayments, according to the report.
"Hospitals in
Jackson, president and CEO of the CHA, said in a news release. "Connecticut hospitals not only care for the sick, but they also work with their communities to identify and address key health issues people are facing, so they can live healthier, better lives."
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